May, 2003 | Jason and Jarvis Associates, LLC

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SHEA guideline for preventing nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and enterococcus

2015 Sep 282003 May 1 by Muto CA, Jernigan JA, Ostrowsky BE, Richet HM, Jarvis WR, Boyce JM, Farr BM,

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Infection control programs were created three decades ago to control antibiotic-resistant healthcare-associated infections, but there has been little evidence of control in most facilities. After long, steady increases of MRSA and VRE infections in NNIS System hospitals, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Board of Directors made reducing antibiotic-resistant infections a strategic SHEA goal in January 2000.… Read more

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Are there regional variations in the diagnosis, surveillance, and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

2015 Sep 282003 May 1 by Richet HM, Benbachir M, Brown DE, Giamarellou H, Gould I, Gubina M, Heczko P, Kalenic S, Pana M, Pittet D, Redjeb SB, Schindler J, Starling C, Struelens MJ, Witte W, Jarvis WR,

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the way healthcare facilities (HCFs) diagnose, survey, and control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

DESIGN: Questionnaire.

SETTING: Ninety HCFs in 30 countries.

RESULTS: Evaluation of susceptibility testing methods showed that 8 laboratories (9%) used oxacillin disks with antimicrobial content different from the one recommended, 12 (13%) did not determine MRSA susceptibility to vancomycin, and 4 (4.5%) reported instances of isolation of vancomycin-resistant S.… Read more